WML v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (IS): [2026] UKUT 178 (AAC)
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge West on 06 May 2026.
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Judicial Summary
Income Support (IS) - Severe Disability Premium (SDP) - procedure for supersession of benefits decision under Social Security Act 1998 and Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999, specifically the supersession of an award of IS on the basis that claimant has subsequently become entitled to SDP - whether, on the facts and on a proper construction of regulations 6 and 7, the case fell within regulation 6(2)(a) (change of circumstances when non-dependant son moved out of the house) or regulation 6(2)(e) (claimant subsequently became in receipt of a relevant benefit) – whether, if the claimant fell outside regulation 6(2)(e), regulations 6 and 7 breached Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“the ECHR”), read in conjunction with Article 1 of the First Protocol (“A1P1”) to the Convention.